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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Cozy, but not exceptionally good. I don't feel real feminism here, it is kind of distorted.
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A cute book with a great message about what it means to be a feminist
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
another solid little YA romance. exactly what I wanted and I also really enjoyed the conversation about feminism this book prompted.
I think this book did a fantastic job at covering the many different facets of feminism and sexism and how it affects everyone in different ways. also the ways misogyny shows up in places we may not expect. I think this book would be a great book for preteens/early teens to reads because it does a great job at getting the reader to think about the subtle (or not so subtle) misogyny in their own life, in their own beliefs and actions and in the others around them, and it has some great discussion prompts at the back of the book.
like I said, I believe this book was written really well in the way it presented the topic of feminism, however it did disappoint me in one aspect. eliza and her best friend are the type of feminists that are typically, negatively, associated with the word. they don’t care about boys, they are high achievers and hard workers, they are perceived as unfriendly, they despise fashion and makeup and anything that lends itself to the male gaze. except, over the course of this book, eliza starts to contradict these rules she has for herself. she starts to fall for len, and starts thinking about him obsessively, she becomes friends with people she NEVER would have been associated with before, she starts wearing lipstick, she starts putting effort into the way her hair looks. she also starts to see that there isn’t just one way to be a feminist as a woman, that the girls she saw as shallow and attention seekers are also suffering from the constraints of misogyny and are also feminists, despite not acting the same way eliza does. although it was implied (I think) that eliza had a realisation that to be a feminist, you can still enjoy things that are perceived as girly or frivolous, such as makeup and having crushes on boys, I feel it was very underplayed compared to the other areas of feminism covered in this book that were spoken about extremely overtly. to me, this was one of the biggest themes throughout the book and I felt the pay-off really fell flat.
anyway, it may have just stood out more to me because I used to be someone who cringed away from “girly” things out of shame and embarrassment caused by my own internalised misogyny, and am now someone who loves all those “girly” things and expresses it. but it did disappoint me a little.
overall though, brilliant conversation about feminism 🎀
len and eliza are cutie pies and I didn’t want the book to end.
I think this book did a fantastic job at covering the many different facets of feminism and sexism and how it affects everyone in different ways. also the ways misogyny shows up in places we may not expect. I think this book would be a great book for preteens/early teens to reads because it does a great job at getting the reader to think about the subtle (or not so subtle) misogyny in their own life, in their own beliefs and actions and in the others around them, and it has some great discussion prompts at the back of the book.
like I said, I believe this book was written really well in the way it presented the topic of feminism, however it did disappoint me in one aspect. eliza and her best friend are the type of feminists that are typically, negatively, associated with the word. they don’t care about boys, they are high achievers and hard workers, they are perceived as unfriendly, they despise fashion and makeup and anything that lends itself to the male gaze. except, over the course of this book, eliza starts to contradict these rules she has for herself. she starts to fall for len, and starts thinking about him obsessively, she becomes friends with people she NEVER would have been associated with before, she starts wearing lipstick, she starts putting effort into the way her hair looks. she also starts to see that there isn’t just one way to be a feminist as a woman, that the girls she saw as shallow and attention seekers are also suffering from the constraints of misogyny and are also feminists, despite not acting the same way eliza does. although it was implied (I think) that eliza had a realisation that to be a feminist, you can still enjoy things that are perceived as girly or frivolous, such as makeup and having crushes on boys, I feel it was very underplayed compared to the other areas of feminism covered in this book that were spoken about extremely overtly. to me, this was one of the biggest themes throughout the book and I felt the pay-off really fell flat.
anyway, it may have just stood out more to me because I used to be someone who cringed away from “girly” things out of shame and embarrassment caused by my own internalised misogyny, and am now someone who loves all those “girly” things and expresses it. but it did disappoint me a little.
overall though, brilliant conversation about feminism 🎀
len and eliza are cutie pies and I didn’t want the book to end.
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Birkaç mutualım beğenmediğini söylemişti ama ben bayağı beğendim. YA ve slice of life olduğu düşünülürse bayağı iyi yazılmış, gençlik için umut dolu bir kitaptı. Lise yıllarımda bunun gibi daha çok kitapla karşılaşmış olmayı dilerdim. Basit bir dille genç kızlar için feminizmi açıklıyor.
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Have reread a few times, so worth reading